Red mangrove propagules growing the field. Kristen reared huge numbers of these in the greenhouse! (photo: newtonsapple.org.uk/truly-amazing-mangroves)
Congratulations to Kristen Langanke on defending her Master’s thesis and graduating with her M.S. Kristen’s thesis was “Response to nitrogen and salinity conditions in Rhizophora mangle seedlings varies by site of origin”. Kristen collected well over 1200 red mangrove (R. mangle) propagules from a variety of mangrove ecosystem sites, and reared them in the greenhouse under varying conditions of salt and nutrient stress. These two forms of stress are likely to intensify with changing sea levels and pervasive coastal nutrient eutrophication. This study was a nice example of examining phenotypic variation in responses to stress. Kristen’s primary advisor was our frequent collaborator Dr. Christina Richards, and she was a member of the Lewis Lab group as well. Great work Kristen!
Ecosystems Lab at USF 